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18.09.2012, 11:29 | Source: Ministry of Industry
Topic: stock market news , company , Vesta

Corporation "Vesta" launched on September 11 in Dnepropetrovsk plant for recovery of lead. The enterprise will extract the metal from used car batteries, in order to then fill it again even in new batteries (battery). Power plant is expected to manufacture 22 tons of lead and lead alloys. "Vesta" states that invested in this place 775 million UAH. investment.

Terms of the new plant shifted several times, until finally he was confined under the September visit to Dnepropetrovsk President. It seems that the leadership of "Vesta" tradition - to start new production only after the blessing of the authorities. In 2007, the country's largest battery plant "West Industrial" opened then-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Five years later, the symbolic key to the next in the production chain to "guide" the company has pushed Viktor Yanukovych. The head of state signed the first lead ingots, has come off the assembly line, all said "thank you" and walked away. Solemnity of the moment did not spoil even the fact that the word "recovery lead" a souvenir ingot was engraved with grammatical errors.

According to the group of companies "West", the new plant actually process about 3.5 million used batteries a year (about 40 thousand tons of "live weight"). In this extract will not only lead, but also simultaneously crystalline sodium sulfate used in the glass industry, as well as granular polypropylene and slag for road construction industry. These substances would result from processing electrolyte, which is filled with batteries. As a result, the overall efficiency of clean scrap batteries, according to the expectations of the owners of the plant will be 99%. The new plant is unique in the CIS and environmentally friendly to the environment, according to a press release, "News".

"West" focuses on the fact that it will clear the Ukraine from the old battery, which at best are gathering dust somewhere in warehouses, at worst - just thrown away. In the course of processing technology does not provide any industrial effluent. All the water will be used in reverse cycle replenished by rainfall, collected in a special tank. This technology also provides for recovery of reducing the concentration of nitrogen oxides reduction by more than 20% of natural gas through the use of gas-oxygen (instead of air-gas) burners for rotary melting furnaces.

According to "News" in the country now has 5.6 million used batteries, Godea to the facility. The difficulty is that we do not there is a functioning system of collection, transportation, disposal, such as in the EU. The structure of "Vesta" has its own logistics park, which is just trying to solve these problems, but it is still not able to systematically cover the entire country. However, without the development of this direction the company simply can not download your new heat recovery plant feed. The more, the volume of batteries in Dnepropetrovsk will increase correspondingly increases and the needs of the manufacturer in lead. So, for the 2011 "West" has released 5.31 million cells, which is 20% more than the year before. A short-term plans of the company - the output to output to 6-6.5 million units batteries annually. However, in 2012, it still lags behind last year's pace as the finished product, and its sales.

According to estimates of analysts Eavex Capital, run the factory recovery will lead to "guide" to reduce the cost of purchase of raw materials by 30-50%. And this will give a serious competitive edge Dnepropetrovsk company, because the metal is a key component in the production of automotive batteries and accounts for 75% of the cost of the battery. Already part of the secondary lead the company to be imported. Mostly - from Russia, where it has affiliated zagotovlencheskaya structure "Ryaztsvetmet."


Soon abroad to Dnepropetrovsk can be pulled directly used batteries. One very handy for opening heat recovery plant came to light Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers decree, which, by the way, was originally planned for the spring of this year. According to the document, c 1 February surgery on import into the country of used lead-acid batteries and their residues, as well as lead-containing scrap are exempt from VAT. Last year, the volume of such imports was low - a little over 2 tons. But now appeared and economic stimulus, and the merchant to whom the "stuff" needed.

Commodity demand "Vesta" increase and in connection with plans to open in the near future another company for the production of batteries. At this time in Latvia, Tukums. In July, the company is registered there Westa Nordic, where the Ukrainian capital has a controlling interest, and minority partner stands firm former Minister of Economy of Latvia and the secretary of the local party "Unity" Kampars. By the end of this year Westa Nordic plans to begin production, which at first will be to assemble ready-made set of batteries, but the future of the detail is planned to manufacture here in Tukums. In the first stage the founders Westa Nordic promise to invest in this project from 300 to 500 thousand euros. The Ukrainian "Vesta" the new venture is beneficial in that the battery of Latvian origin easier to break through trade barriers to EU markets than peers, made directly to Ukraine.


In addition, the diversification of markets, "West" makes the intense thinking and growing discontent of the Russian manufacturers of batteries. The latter believe that the dominance of Ukrainian competitors in the Russian market is so large that it is time to introduce protective measures against the imports. Last year, some of the largest factories in Russia, producing battery, appealed to the government and the State Duma with letters calling to increase the current rate of import duty on car batteries from 15% to 20%, and to such products of Ukrainian and Serbian production even further to apply anti-dumping measures. According to the complainants, if in 2009 the total sales of batteries in Russia on imported batteries accounted for 42%, while in 2010 their share had risen to 73%. More than half of imports arrive in time for Ukrainian products. In particular, the "West" has increased its sales in Russia in 2010 almost doubled - from 1,000 to 1,800 batteries per year. This is about 14% of the total consumption of the neighbors.

So, although "Vesta" and ships its products to 20 countries around the world (exports are about 75% of Dnepropetrovsk batteries), but the Russian market is a priority for her, as it accounts for over a third of all sales. And now, with a production cycle of their own lead production, the company is able to further strengthen its market position in Russia, if only against her will not use administrative baton. Although after the accession of the Russian Federation to the WTO, Moscow will have to use them carefully.
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